Pritchard Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

Pritchard Name Meaning: Patronymic of the male given name Richard, formed from a fusion of the Welsh suffix 'ap' meaning 'son of' and the First name Richard.

Medieval Welsh origin.

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Pritchard Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Pritchard family

Profession Census Frequency
School 1,974
Coal Miner Hewer 227
Farmer 178
General Servant (domestic) 151
Labourer 127
Private Means 121
Farm Labourer 119
General Labourer 114
Dressmaker 101
Domestic Servant 98
Ysgol 97
At School 79
None 70
Clerk 67
Coal Miner (hewer) 65
At Home 62
General Servant Domestic 53
House Keeper 49
Housekeeper 47
Carter 47
House Painter 46
Laundress 45
Collier Hewer 43
Carpenter 41
Cook (domestic) 40

Pritchard Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Pritchard 100% 106,391
2 Prichard 89% 22,570
3 Pretchard 89% 505
4 Prtichard 78% 131
5 Portchard 78% 113

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The surname Pritchard is the most popular version of all its varients

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